Job summary:
Do you have a passion for adventure? Do you love the great outdoors and being connected to nature? If this sounds like you, Little Forest Folk is the place to be! We provide children aged 2-5 years old an opportunity to explore the natural world around them. As a Forest Educator you will have the chance to develop our children’s connection to nature, inspire their creativity, build their resilience and confidence to help them become children who are most likely to succeed in today’s busy world!
Start date: Immediately
Hours: We have part time and full time roles available.
Job title: Forest Educator
Salary: From £26.520 (FTE)
Roles and Responsibilities:
As a Forest Educator it is your role and responsibility to:
- Create an enabling environment where children can learn and develop through play.
- Work as part of a team and independently.
- Highly organised and reliable.
- Strong relationship building skills with parents and team members alike.
- The ability to adapt quickly to changes, is flexible and uses initiative.
- Forest School experience is desirable but not essential.
- Experience working with 2-5 year olds.
Benefits:
At Little Forest Folk we take pride in looking after our Forest Educators, as they do such an awesome job looking after our children. We have a wonderful range of staff benefits:
- New starter kit
- Uniform allowance
- Starting with 20 days annual leave, plus public holidays
- 1 additional day of annual leave after each full year of employment
- A day off for your birthday - everyone should spend their birthday eating cake, not at work!
- Funded Level 3 Forest School Qualification
- L3 & L5 Early Years apprenticeship available
- Discounts at our favourite outdoor retailers
- Branded LFF goodies
- Refer a friend bonus scheme
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Tech scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Company pension scheme
- Cashback Healthcare Scheme (Paycare)
- Workplace nursery scheme
- Employee of the month awards
- A fit, healthy and active job!
- Professional development and in house training with leading names in the Early Childhood industry.
Little Forest Folk are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check, and provide references that will be thoroughly vetted. We will also carry out a range of checks to ensure the suitability of candidates, including identity, full work history, right to work, and disqualification by association checks.
Privacy notice for job applicants can be found on our website here: http://www.littleforestfolk.com/careers/
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Zero hours contract
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: From £26,520.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Ability to commute/relocate:
- London SW20 0SZ: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (preferred)
Work Location: In person
